In case you missed the weekly backstage shenanigans of Michelle McCool and Layla on last night’s SmackDown, WWE.com is here to cure your blues! The duo filmed this little clip for the website… I know I was feeling a little short-changed by the lack of Layla comedy on SmackDown this week, so I more than … Read more
As we mentioned on Twitter earlier this week, Divas Kelly Kelly and Maria joined the Sky Sports News broadcast on Thursday in the UK. The duo were in London to promote the Royal Rumble on January 31st. Watch the interview below:
Again, another fun interview and both girls bounced off each other and showed personality.
I believe Kelly was on Sky Sports 1’s Soccer AM this morning, so I’ll add a clip here when it hits YouTube. It’s now on YouTube:
While over in the UK to promote the Royal Rumble, one of her many interviewers had a little task for Raw Diva, Kelly Kelly — to ‘audition’ to be a news anchor. Check out the funny clip below! Haha! Kelly was pretty funny here and again, seemed very charming. How ironic is it though that … Read more
The Lost-like wheel of fortune stops on Michelle McCool this week, continuing the analogy that each week a different Diva is the main focus of the SmackDown storyline. The Women’s Champion, who recently celebrated 200 days with the gold, threw her hat into the race to prove just who the most dominant Diva is on … Read more
This week on TNA Impact, one of the biggest news stories of 2009 came full circle as former Knockouts Champion Angelina Love made her return to the company after being released in September due to visa issues. But before we get into that, Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne of The Beautiful People took on new Knockouts Tag Team Champions Awesome Kong and Hamada. Check out the match and Angelina’s return below:
The Beautiful People make their way to the ring first, sporting their new matching ring gear. I know she’s not actually wrestling, but would it kill them to pick up a trashy velour outfit for Lacey? She looks tragically out of place next to the newly coordinated Velvet and Madison. As the trio strut their stuff on the ramp, Velvet Sky spots a familiar face in the crowd. Is that… Ashley Massaro? No, it’s her old friend Angelina Love! Reunion Time! Velvet and Madison seem ecstatic to see their former teammate, but Lacey Von Erich doesn’t share the sentiment. In fact, she makes sure to give Angelina a good dose of stink-eye while greeting her. I love how TNA played up the tension between Lacey and Angelina. If I didn’t know any better, I would think Lacey genuinely disliked Angelina, because that fake ass smile she gave her was 100%, Grade A bitchy. I may not a fan of Lacey between the ropes, but it’s the little things like this that she excels in.
Next out is the Tag Team Champions Awesome and Hamada looking surly as usual. I couldn’t help but notice that Hamada seems to still be having trouble with that ankle of hers. Props to her for working matches essentially on one foot.
The bell rings and it looks like it’ll be Hamada and Velvet kicking things off. Velvet starts the match on a sour note, striking a Karate Kid crane pose. That’s not offensive at all, right? The two lock up and Hamada forces Velvet to the ropes prompting a not-so-clean break by Hamada. Hamada unwisely turns her back to Velvet, who jumps at the opportunity to take her down by the hair. Velvet mounts Hamada and hits a few rights, followed by a splash in the corner and her trademark bulldog. She goes for the pin, but it’s not enough to keep Hamada down.
Velvet and Madison exchange quick tags, keeping control of the champion. The duo take a bit too much time executing a double Russian Legsweep and Hamada capitalizes, tripping both girls and tagging in Kong. Kong snatches both girls down to the mat by the hair, before stacking them up in the corner for a splash of her own. Finally, she grabs Madison, the official sacrificial lamb for The Beautiful People, and hits the Awesome Bomb for the three count.
As we said on last night’s Post-Impact Show, the match was just fraction of what it could have been. It seemed to drag on and it didn’t help that the majority of the match was worked by Velvet Sky, who is definitely the weaker link wrestling wise. Furthermore, where were Sarita and Taylor Wilde? If anything, they deserve first crack at Kong and Hamada. Hopefully we’ll be seeing them next week on Impact.
A precariously worded article at The Sun suggests that SmackDown Diva, Maria may be ‘eyeing her WWE farewell’. The recent Slammy-award winning Diva spoke on Sky Sports News yesterday, which is cited in the piece: TAKE one last lingering look at these snaps of stunning Maria Kanellis — because she might not be a WWE … Read more
Two Diva entrance themes find themselves part of the tracklisting for the next ‘WWE The Music’ album. The next installment, due for release on January 28th is subtitled ‘A New Day’ and features the current themes of Tiffany and The Bella Twins. Other tracks on the album will include themes for Evan Bourne, Legacy and … Read more
Hermie’s Hotseat returns with another Knockout-themed edition, this time Hermie Sadler is joined by the original TNA Knockout — or as we lovingly call her, Original Flavour — Traci Brooks. Watch below: While the conversation never truly deviates from Traci’s breasts [or flotation devices as Hermie calls them], Traci does go into some depth about … Read more
The ODB–Tara saga continues this Sunday in a two out of three falls match at TNA’s Genesis pay per view. Oh joy! Of all the feuds, right? I truly hope this is the blow-off for these two with Tara getting the title back and feuding with someone new. Alissa Flash, where you at, girl?
In case you missed it last night or just want to see it again, Angelina Love made her much anticipated return to TNA last night. Watch it all unfold below. Check back later for The Guide to Impact but for now, why not listen to the first ever Post-Impact Show?
TNA’s Awesome Kong has shown great iniative in getting the wrestling world involved in raising money for Haiti, which was struck by a tragic earthquake earlier this week. We’d like to show our support and urge all of you to support as well… First of all, Kong will be hosting a benefit tonight at the … Read more
In what you could consider a partial rematch of last week’s Superstars match, Gail Kim is again taking on Jillian, this time in a Mixed Tag Team match–Gail pairing with Primo and Jillian with Chavo Guerrero. Watch the match below:
Primo and Chavo start out the match. Primo dominates Chavo until some dirty tricks put Guerrero in control. Jillian even gets a few boots on Primo while the referee’s back is turned. Primo eventually regains control, prompting Chavo to go running to his momma Jillian, grabbing a hold of her midsection. As unorthodox as it is, this counts as a tag, and Jillian enters the ring. Before Primo tags her in (and he really doesn’t need to, I guess), Jillian charges, and he dodges, and she eats Gail’s fist.
Gail blasts into the ring, going on a roll of offense, irish-whipping Jillian into the corner, hitting a flying clothesline. She backs up and goes for a two-fer, but Jillian moves, and she ends up between the ropes and wrapped around the turnbuckle. Gail gathers herself, though, and ducks a blow by Jillian, hitting one of her own and climbing the turnbuckle. Chavo distracts her, however, and Jillian causes her to lose her footing. Gail crotches herself on the top rope, and Jillian tosses her from there to the mat. She goes for the pin, earning a 2-count.
Frustrated, Jillian goes a bit unhinged, grabbing Gail by the head and slamming the back of hit repeatedly against her knee. The hold quickly is reduced into a blatant hair pull. She eventually lets go and goes for the pin again, still getting only 2. She picks Gail up and tosses her by the hair like she’s a ragdoll, which probably isn’t far off from her actual weight–no insult intended, she’s just so tiny! Jillian then just stands on Gail’s face–hey, if it gets the job done, why not? The referee scolds her, and she relents. I like how Jillian is showing a blatant disregard for the rules. There’s not even a hint of integrity to her wrestling, and I like that kind of honesty in a heel.
Jillian slams Gail into the corner and drives a few well-placed knees into her midsection. She brings Gail to the ropes, whipping her to the other side, but Gail hangs on, attempting a kick when Jillian advances on her. Jillian catches her foot, however, and drags her hopping to the center of the ring, taking her down with a clothesline. She taunts the crowd before going for her cartwheel splash, which Gail blocks with her knees. Both Divas try to regroup, crawling to their respective corners and tagging in their teammates.
It’s the first episode of Impact since the live episode last week! How will Angelina Love make her return? Discuss the show in the comments! Check back later tonight for the first ever Post-Impact Show!
One half of the now former Knockouts Tag Team Champions, Sarita spoke to the Miami Herald about the company’s upcoming Genesis pay per view this Sunday as well as last Monday’s live episode of Impact. Interestingly, one of the points discussed is how the Knockouts division will fit into the new era of TNA [the … Read more
Beautiful People star, Lacey Von Erich is one of the guests on the new episode of TNA’s Spin Cycle hosted by Jeremy Borash. Interestingly, Borash mentioned in a recent interview that this episode had to have re-shoots because of Von Erich’s ‘potty mouth’. I wonder how much might let slip in the final version? Check … Read more
Our own Diva, Krissy Vaine will be joining us tomorrow for an audio recording and we are looking for questions from you for her to answer! They can be about wrestling, health, beauty… whatever! Try to make them original and fun ;) We’ll only be picking the top five questions to put to Krissy. [Hey, … Read more
Stew and Lee: So where in the world has the Women of Wrestling Podcast been for these last couple of months? Good question, dear listener… but while we ponder that one, why not sit back and enjoy a stopgap chat with WWE’s very own Kelly Kelly. Yes, you read that correctly. An abbreviated interview, but … Read more
Things are looking big for Maria in 2010 aren’t they? Major show on a major network, check. Her own album, check. Red carpet appearances, check. Work done to her face? Questionable. Last week, Ms Kanellis attended the official BCS championship party [yeah, I don’t want that is either] in what I’m assuming is one of … Read more
SmackDown Diva, Maria Kanellis will release her debut EP entitled ‘Sevin Sins’ on April 13th. The album will feature pop-rock songs. The title, a pun on the phrase ‘seven sins’, is dedicated to her partner Vin. Fellow SmackDown Diva, Mickie James will also release her debut country album this March, while former Diva Lilian Garcia … Read more
Diva Dirt reader Kristy sent in her own account of the action from last night’s SmackDown taping. The show airs on Friday. Click the ‘+’ to read:
Thoughts after the cut:
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With two spots left in the semi-finals, the Raw Divas soldiered on with the Divas Championship tournament, competing in two matches. After last week’s two tournament openers (one on Raw, the other on Superstars), would the underwhelming feeling improve with this weeks bouts? Let’s see.. The first bout of the night featured Kelly Kelly and Alicia Fox battling to go on to the next round:
Kelly makes her entrance, dressed in Maria’s leftover fabric scraps and shoes that are definitely not meant for athletic competition. You’re just asking for a sprained ankle with those skater shoes, girl.. Alicia follows, and the match starts with a rough tie-up. Kelly backs Alicia into the ropes, and the referee gets between them (literally) to break it up. Alicia takes this pause in the match to blast Kelly with a forearm, kneeing her and tossing her into the corner. She smashes her face into the turnbuckle a few times before hitting a snapmare.
Alicia keeps her grasp on Kelly’s hair, latching her into a sleeper hold. She makes a grab for her nose, wrenching Kelly’s face and switching the hold to the mat, keeping her locked in. Alicia shows some great aggression with this, the hold punctuated by Kelly’s screams. Kelly might overdo the screaming most of the time, but it’s moments like these that they’re effective. Kelly fights to get free, and Alicia moves back onto her knees, not letting go. Kelly eventually gets to her feet, punching Alicia in the stomach and freeing herself from the hold.
Still, Alicia reclaims control, irish-whipping Kelly into the corner. Kelly stops herself with the top turnbuckle, attempting a hurricanrana on Alicia, but she catches Kelly’s legs and tosses her over the ropes onto the ring apron. Alicia goes for the attack, but Kelly lands a forearm, grabbing her and pulling her over the ropes. Alicia lands on the outside, and Kelly hits a crossbody from the ring apron, then quickly tossing Alicia back into the ring. Kelly goes on her textbook offense (press the up arrow and triangle on PS3 to trigger it), punctuated by a long, twirly hurricanrana. She attempts a frankensteiner, but Alicia stops her momentum, turning it into a sick powerbomb, folding up Kelly into a pin. She gets the 3-count and advances in the tournament! She will face Maryse next week in the semi-finals.
Needless to say, I was extremely surprised to see Alicia win. I was pretty confident in the fact that the WWE wanted to push Kelly as the top babyface, given the great crowd reactions she gets and the fact that they use her in their marketing more than any other Diva. That’s not to say that I’m not happy with Alicia winning–I was rooting for her, in fact. I’m glad that she won, and I feel that she’s much more deserving of the Divas Championship than Kelly. It’s a little strange to think that, given how much longer Kelly’s been in the WWE. Most are aware that the girls were hired at the same time, though, and Alicia just spent her time training in the developmental system while Kelly did stripteases on ECW.
A former WWE Diva and Women’s Champion was present backstage at last night’s Raw in Minneapolis. Molly Holly, a Minnesota native, was visiting friends while the troupe were in town reports PWTorch. Molly has been on good terms with WWE since semi-retiring in 2005. She returned last year for the Miss WrestleMania battle royal at … Read more
Check out the first commercial for NBC’s third season of Celebrity Apprentice which will star SmackDown’s Maria. Notice how she doesn’t even get to talk? You know who they consider the star power…
For those keeping score at home, here are the updated brackets for the Divas Championship tournament based on tonight’s episode of Raw. Announced for next week is a semi-final match between Alicia Fox and Gail Kim.
Tonight boxing legend Mike Tyson makes his return to the wrestling ring, serving as this week’s guest GM. Also, expect to see the Divas Championship tournament continue with another first round match. Discuss the show in the comments!